VOA慢速英语:Who Doesn't Have a Tattoo? Body Ink Surges

短语讲解：

1. Tattoos are no longer the sign of a sailor, soldier or criminal.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：He could no longer hold back his tears.
他再也忍不住自己的眼泪。

2. Forty percent of men and women aged 26 to 40 have at least one tattoo, according to Astanza, a laser technology company.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

3. In many cultures, they are used for decoration, rites of passage or signs of status.

be used for 用来做…
例句：It can be used for devising systems to protect against frost damage.
它可用来设计防止霜害的方法。

4. The Pazyryks believed “tattoos would be helpful in another life, making it easy for the same family and culture to find each other after death.”  

each other 互相，彼此
例句：Do you often help each other with your lessons?
你们经常互相帮助复习功课吗？

5. Native Americans used tattoos for a variety of purposes, writes Odle.

a variety of 种种; 多种的
例句：A variety of geological environments are extrusive or intrusive rocks.
不同的地质环境形成喷出岩或侵入岩。

6. As many as half of all people who get tattoos later get them removed, reports the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery.

as many as 和…一样多; 不下于
例句：They drew as many as four times that year.
他们那一年四次打成平局。

7. Dermatologists use laser treatments to get rid of tattoos, which range from $350 for a small tattoo, up to $1,000 or more for a large one.

get rid of 除掉，去掉; 涤荡
例句：I have rather a bad cough that I can't get rid of.
我咳嗽得相当厉害，老也不好。